If you’ve ever been heavily-invested inthemingyour jailbroken handset before, then the nameWinterBoardmight ring a bell. Unfortunately, WinterBoard hasn’t seen much T.L.C. in recent years, and there are no signs that it will any time soon.
EnterSnowBoard, a brand-new and lightweight successor to the renowned WinterBoard theming platform bySparkDevandDennis D. Bednarz.
Citing SnowBoard’sCydiadescription, the novel platform works with jailbroken handsets runningiOS7 and later and supports most formats used by many popular theming engines.
When you install SnowBoard, you won’t find an app icon on yourHome screen, but you will see a new preference pane in the Settings app:
Here, you can:
When you install compatible themes from Cydia, you should find them in the “Select Theme…” menu. There, you may quickly apply them and switch between them on demand by moving them from one section to the other.
Another neat feature baked into SnowBoard is that you can tap and hold on any app icon to put your device into ‘jiggle’ mode and then double-tap on an app icon to customize it even further:
In this interface, you can:
Right out of the box, SnowBoard looks like a promising way of customizing yourjailbrokenhandset’s aesthetic. Not only does it offer compelling features and extensive compatibility, but it does all of this without hogging critical systemresources.
While I’ve never been heavily invested in the theming aspect of jailbreaking myself, those who have should find SnowBoard to be a refreshing experience. If you’re interested in giving SnowBoard a try, then you candownload it for free from Cydia’s Chariz repository.
What do you think about the new SnowBoard theming engine? Let us know in the comments section below.
